Postdoctoral Researchers

Yuko KITANO, Ph.D.

1. Education and Experience

Apr 2014–: Post doc researcher at University of Miyazaki
Apr 2009–Mar 2014: Ph.D. candidate at Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Apr 2007–Mar 2009: Master student at Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Apr 2006–Mar 2007: Research student at Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University
Apr 2002–Mar 2006: Undergraduate student at Faculty of Science, Nara Women’s University

2. Research interests

I. Population genetics of the coral genus Pocillopora (Pocilloporidae, Scleractinia).
– How much do their larvae drift tamong population?
– Do they expand their distribution with rising sea surface tempreture?

Pocillopora damicornis in Sekisei Lagoon.

II. Molecular phylogeny and morphological taxonomy of the coral families Dendrophylliidae and Poritidae.
– How many species they have?
– How they reproduce sexually?